New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram to discuss the partial withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and said they were "receptive" to this.

"Partial withdrawal was one of the number of issues I discussed with the home minister," Abdullah told reporters, emerging out of the North Block that houses Chidambaram's office.

The chief minister said he was in the process of meeting members of the cabinet committee on security.

"I met the PM, the home minister," he said, adding: "I have made my point clear. This is an ongoing process. The PM and the home minister were receptive."

The chief minister would also be meeting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee later in the day.

On Sunday, the chief minister met Defence Minister A.K. Antony at his residence here to discuss the proposal that has been strongly opposed by the army.

Abdullah said his meetings since Sunday were his first round of discussion with the prime minister and his four big ministers in the cabinet.

He stressed the meetings were to "narrow differences with what we want to happen and what the army has publicly stated".

Asked about militants daring the government to remove the act, the chief minister said they would not want it to happen.

"We are talking about those areas where there is no army. Let them do whatever they want. They don't want the act to be removed. They are threatening you," he said.

Kashmir's main ruling party, the National Conference, Abdullah himself, and the principal opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) favour the revocation of AFSPA - which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces - from parts of the state.

However, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, the Congress, has said "sufficient consultations" were not held before Abdullah proposed the idea a few weeks ago.

The union home ministry is also believed to be in favour of partial lifting of the AFSPA.